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CHAP. 255
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purchased several tracts of land, at or near the mouth
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of Savage river, in Allegany county, containing exten-
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sive and valuable mines of coal, iron and other mine-
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rals; and that the interests of this State will be promo-
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ted, and the trade of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
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and Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, in which the State
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has so large a pecuniary interest will he greatly in-
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creased by the working of said mines, and by the con-
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struction of a canal, or of a slack water navigation by
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lock and dam, with appropriate railways, connecting
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said mines, and the extensive and valuable mineral re-
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gion in which they are situate with the Chesapeake
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and Ohio Canal, and the Baltimore, and Ohio Rail
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Road : — Therefore,
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Persons incorpora-
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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ted
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Maryland, That Duff Green, James Lyon, Reverdy
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R. Welford, William M. Green, Richard K. Cralle,
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Archibald M. Green and Robert Hard, and all and
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every person or persons who may become subfci'ibers
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in the manner hereinafter prescribed, shall be and they
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are hereby incorporated by the name of the Union
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Objects defined
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Company, for the purposes of making, constructing,
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keeping in repair and carrying on a canal or a slack-
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water navigation, by lock and dam from the basin of
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the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, at or near Cumber-
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land, in, along or near the Potomac river, to the mouth
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of the Savage river, in Allegany county, and thence
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up said river, and the Potomac river and George's
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creek, to such point or points on said rivers and
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George's creek as they may deem it expedient to termi-
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nate the same at, and of connecting the same, or the
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Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road with their mines and
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manufactures, by such Railway or Railways, as they
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Powers conferred
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may deem necessary for that purpose; and also for
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erecting, constructing and carrying on mills and
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manufactories of iron and other articles, of which iron
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is a component part, and for opening, working and
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transporting to market the produce of their mines,
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lands, mills and manufactories; and for the purchase,
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transportation and sale of goods, chattels and effects;
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and that for said purposes, they shall be a body politic
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and corporate, by the name aforesaid, and as such
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